Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Regular Season
Iowa State paired 3,090 primary output with 57.4 efficiency.
Player Stats
Sam B. Richardson College Stats
Career production, season-by-season totals, and the selected-season workbench are grouped here for stat-first searches.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Total offense
- 7,058
- Passing yards
- 6,050
- Rushing yards
- 1,008
- Touchdowns
- 51
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Total Offense | Pass Yds | Rush Yds | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Postseason | Iowa State | 4 | 175 | 129 | 46 | 1 | 57.7 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Iowa State | 4 | 599 | 412 | 187 | 8 | 57.7 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Iowa State | 10 | 1,739 | 1,397 | 342 | 12 | 58.7 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Iowa State | 11 | 3,090 | 2,669 | 421 | 21 | 78.7 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Iowa State | 8 | 1,455 | 1,443 | 12 | 9 | 51 |
Player insights
Supporting note
2015 Regular Season role shape
pass-led usage with 48.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2015 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
Loss with 260 yards of offense and 53.7 efficiency. It landed in the 75th percentile of the selected season.
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2015 Regular Season · Iowa State
Games
8
Primary Metric / G
181.9
Efficiency
48.8
Usage
16.2
Consistency
72.2
Best Game by takeover score
Iowa
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 215. Iowa: 260. Toledo: 287. Kansas: 274. Texas Tech: 150. TCU: 245. Baylor: -1. West Virginia: 25
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Iowa: 36 by 59.8. Iowa: 45 by 53.7. Toledo: 52 by 57.7. Kansas: 42 by 55.8. Texas Tech: 26 by 41.9. TCU: 40 by 54.8. Baylor: 13 by 15.9. West Virginia: 6 by 51
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins244.5 · Games = 2 · +83.5 vs Losses
Losses161 · Games = 6 · -83.5 vs Wins
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